Beirut's governor broke down in tears during a TV interview at the scene of amassive explosion that rocked the city on Tuesday.
He told how the blastflattened much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital.
Morethan 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured, officials said.
It is unclearwhat caused the blast, which appeared to have been triggered by a fire andstruck with the force of an earthquake.
